"Humanum sum; nihil humanum a me alienum puto."

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LANDING at New York in the evening, I proceeded to Delmonico's hotel in Broadway, attracted thereto, as has been already confessed, as much by the allurement that the house was managed more in the English than in the American style, as by any other consideration. For, while on the principle of chacun à son goût, I certainly have no objections either to my American brethren, or to any other body of men, taking their meals in public and at large ordinaries; nay, while I often, and indeed generally, enjoyed

doing so, and would desire occasionally to practise it at home, were it only for the spirit of observation and sociality it engenders or promotes; and farther, while I have nothing to complain of as to the cuisine of America, (although I do think and maintain that it is inferior to that of England,) still, as a practical rule, I do not like the call to be hungry and thirsty at particular hours, just because other people are so nay more I cannot be so-I cannot so drill my appetite. It was therefore with a satisfaction disproportionate to the event, that I found myself at Delmonico's hotel at free will to breakfast when I chose, dine when I chose, and sup when I chose, and that without the disheartening conviction, that I was thereby allowing all the tit-bits to be consumed by the more regular stagers, who took their places at the table d'hôte. In other words, there is no ordinary at Delmonico's.

Reader, be not afraid; it is not my intention to weary you with the thrice-told tale, an account of the commercial, I had almost said the real, (but, if I did, neither my Boston nor my Washington friends would forgive me,) capital of the United States of America. But fidelity to my motto of "nothing extenuate,' requires me to say that, were I to do so, I fear my description would scarcely tally with-or at least would not come quite up to-the generally all-eulogistic descriptions given of this great city. For, truth to say, New York at first disappointed me; and that disappointment did not entirely wear off during the

two visits I paid to it ere I left the continent of America. The disappointment of the first sight might be accounted for by the fact that I landed at New York on the afternoon of a miserably dull, dark day, and that for the two succeeding days it rained, if not very copiously, at least so continuously, as to compel me either to refrain from sight-seeing altogether, or to see New York under circumstances anything but advantageous. But the sun shone on the city and its vicinity during the whole of my second visit; and unless it be really true, as I think it is, that New York is not the handsome city it is generally represented to be, I cannot otherwise account for my continued disappointment, than by supposing that the inflated accounts given me by my American friends in Great Britain had raised my expectations to an unreasonable pitch. I have already pleaded guilty to an incapacity (if so it be) of comparing one scene in nature with another, so as to form and declare a preference for the one over the other; and as it is with me in regard to natural scenes, so is it also, in part at least, as regards artificial ones. Towns can be more accurately compared than landscapes, and the greatness of cities than the magnificence of nature. But still it is very difficult, in this way, to give a correct idea of any town or city. Each has various points peculiar to itself-points, the nonexistence of which, in the place to which it may be compared, precludes the possibility of drawing a correct parallel between the two. I shall not there

fore try to give my reader a general idea of New York, by comparing or contrasting it with any European town, farther than by saying, that I thought it more like Liverpool than any other town in Britain. Neither will I contrast it with any city on its own seaboard, save by remarking that, for myself, I would prefer a residence in Boston or in Philadelphia to one in New York.

But, while I write thus indefinitely of New York as a whole, I can honestly write more definitely, and in terms of unqualified praise, of many views and scenes in and connected with it. In particular, the bay and harbour of New York rise to my memory as among the most beautiful and commodious to be found in the world. They exhibit a scene of activity and life which is exceedingly inspiriting. Formed by the junction or confluence of the noble Hudson with a strait named the East river, (which connects Long Island sound with the harbour,) the bay of New York stretches before and on each side of you, as you stand on the battery, unfolding, with its numerous steamers and other vessels, in motion or at anchor, a seaward view which is beautiful exceedingly. Before you lies Governor's or Nutton Island, with its fortifications. On the left is Brooklyn on Long Island, with its elevated, regularly built streets, displaying all the signs of the prosperity, without the noise, bustle, and confusion of New York itself; and on the right stands Jersey city, also a rising suburb of New York, and the starting point for Philadelphia and the south. Alto

gether, I know not a view of the city kind that has gratified me more. But, as much of the interest depends on the moving nature of the panorama which stretches before you, and as that cannot be communicated on paper, I shall not attempt a more detailed description, but close my remarks on the river and bay scenery of New York, by observing that, whatever disappointment I felt, from having had my expectations over-excited as to the architectural beauty of the city, was more than compensated by the gratification afforded by the views of the bay and of the harbour, of the beauty of which I was surprised I had heard so little.

At the period of my visit, the harbour of New York and its vicinity exhibited signs of activity even greater than usual, from the large number of vessels which were then in progress of being built. Whether the activity in this respect had anything to do with the repeal by England of her Navigation Laws, I had no means of accurately ascertaining. The opinions expressed by the different practical men in America I had the opportunity of consulting on the subject, were very various-as also were the opinions they expressed as to the effect of the measure alluded to upon England's naval supremacy and general prosperity - some maintaining that the repeal was destructive of the best interests of Britain; others, that it was certain to advance them very greatly.

Into the much-agitated and all-important question of what is to be the effect of that repeal, I refrain